The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
improvably (not comparable)
So as to permit improvement.
In a way that cannot be proven.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*prov"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Improve.]
1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. Sir M. Hale. I have a fine spread of improvable lands. Addison.
2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. Sir T. Browne.
– Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n.
– Im*prov"a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.